Jan De Nul, Samsung Awarded Huge Cable Project in Abu Dhabi
contract in the history of Jan De Nul. This project will entail many of Jan De Nul’s versatile expertises such as cable laying, dredging, jet-trenching, rock protection, landfall preparation, riser platform fabrication and offshore installation.”The first cable cluster, connecting Das Island to shore, comprises three 400-kilovolt (kV) subsea cables of 135 kilometers (km) each. The second cluster, connecting Al Ghallan island to shore, concerns four 320 kV submarine cables of 125 km each. The commissioning of the project is scheduled for 2025.With this project, ADNOC and TAQA plan to
Subsea Cables Installed for NASR Phase 2
, and transported and installed at the project site in two separate trips with the cable laying vessel Isaac Newton. The vessel's carrying capacity allowed the longest and heaviest of all 13 cables, being the 71 kilometers long and almost 6,000 tons heavy, to be installed in a single length between Das Island and the NASR field.The vessel capability was further demonstrated with the accurate installation of these subsea cables between multiple platforms and well head towers within the congested seabed of the oil field, Jan De Nul noted.Furthermore, the company's multipurpose vessel Daniel Bernoulli
Penspen Contracted in Abu Dhabi Offshore Gas Supply Project
provide Abu Dhabi Marine Operation Company (ADMA OPCO) with project management consultancy services for additional gas supply from the Umm Shaif Super Complex (USSC) project offshore UAE. The Umm Shaif Super Complex (USSC) is located 150 kilometers from Abu Dhabi and 36 kilometers from Das Island. Under the terms of the contract, Penspen informs it will project manage Technip/NPCC in its upgrade of the gas facilities at USSC to produce 200 million more standard cubic feet of gas per day. The scope of work includes but is not limited to the modification of several topsides and
February 2025
